18 Related Articles, between 2018-09-18 and 2018-09-03

£100m backlash begins against Unilever’s bid to close UK HQ. Savings giant M&G Investments said it will oppose the firm’s proposal for a single legal base in the Netherlands. Aviva Investors have already warned against the change. >>

British investors could be forced to sell their shares in Unilever. The move comes after the consumer goods giant announced plans to call time on its Anglo-Dutch structure and shift its headquarters to the Netherlands. >>

Charity pulled into row over Unilever's possible HQ move to the Netherlands. The Leverhulme Trust was launched with an endowment from William Lever when he died in 1925, and is one of Unilever’s biggest British shareholders. >>

DAILY BRIEFING: Unilever in talks with second-biggest shareholder over plan to scrap UK HQ. The firm has struggled to convince UK shareholders to back the move, which will see it establish a single top base in the Netherlands instead of its current dual-structure. >>

Dutch man 'very, very excited' after winning a bookstore in a raffle. The newest bookstore owner in the U.K. is “very, very excited” after winning the shop in a raffle for just over $34. >>

Dutch taxidermy duo elevates death to an art form. Dutch taxidermists Jaap Sinke and Ferry van Tongeren are favorites of interior designers and British artist Damien Hirst, who in 2015 bought the pair's then-entire collection. Their tome "Our First Book" comes out this month. >>

General Atomics to provide drones to the Netherlands.... FARNBOROUGH, England, July 17 (Reuters) - General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc said on Tuesday it had been selected by the Dutch Ministry of Defence to... >>

Heineken invests £44m in refurbishing 500 of its 2,900 UK pubs. Heineken is refurbishing 500 of its 2,900 UK pubs in a £44million makeover. The investment by the Dutch brewer will create 1,000 jobs. >>

New app which matches people with a panting is launched in the UK. Google’s Art Selfie app, which launches in the UK today, matched Broadchurch’s Olivia Colman with a portrait of stocky curly-haired 19th century Dutch painter Gerrit Jan Michaelis. >>

Shell Spreads Its Bets Around as It Prepares for a Greener Future. Royal Dutch Shell’s acquisition of a small British energy firm shows how the world’s oil giants are navigating a shift away from their core products. >>

Unilever simplification to be through UK scheme of arrangement, Dutch merger. Consumer goods giant Unilever said simplifying its parent company structure from two UK and Dutch legal entities into a single holding company would be achieved through a UK scheme of arrangement and a Dutch legal merger. >>

Unilever single holding company shares to start trading in December. Consumer goods giant Unilever said simplifying its parent company structure from two UK and Dutch legal entities into a single holding company would conclude in December, when shares in the new firm would start trading. >>

UPDATE 1-Unilever defends plan to go Dutch as opposition grows. Unilever
executives took to the British press and airwaves on Tuesday to
defend their plan to base a new single headquarters in the
Netherlands, as opposition to it grows. >>

What is the scale of online child sex abuse?. Material from the UK may be hosted in the Netherlands, showing images of children in South East Asia. >>